Cribbage board



CRIBBAGE BOARD Filed April 24, 1951.

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Patented July 21, 1953 NIT ED S TATES PAT EN OF V 4 2,646,221 i f V CRIBBAGE BOARD I Victor G. Landers, North Warren, Pa.

Application April 24, 1951, Serial NO. 222581 This invention appertains to improvements in folding cribbage boards and has for its primary object to provide a cribbage board consisting of individual sections, which are easily accessible to a plurality of players so that the cribbage board can be conveniently utilized when there are more than twoplayers.

Another object of this invention is to provide a folding cribbage board, which includes a pin rality of individual sections, the sections being pivoted together for disposition in a closed side by side storage position or for extension into angularly spaced playing positions for easy access by a corresponding member of players.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for locking the sections in nestedabutting parallelism, the locking means serving also to retain a number of pins in recesses formed in the sections. p These and ancillary objects and structural features of merit are attained by this invention, the preferred embodiment of which is set forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cribbage board,

constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention, with the individual sections in a closed storage position; I

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the cribbage board;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of the cribbage board, and,

Figure 4 is a view in perspective of the board with the individual sections opened in angularly spaced playing positions.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the cribbage board H) includes a plurality of individual and separate sections, namely, an intermediate or central section i2 and outer sections l4 and I6. Each of the sections is rectangular in shape and contains conventional peg holes [8 for receiving conventional pins'or pegs. The ends 20, 22 and 24 of the sections are flat and are adapted to be disposed in coplanar relation, when the sections are in nested or closed position, as seen in Fi ure 1, the outer sections abutting the opposing sides of the intermediateor center sections and the sections lying in parallelism.

A circular disc 26 is formed on the opposing end of the intermediate or center section 12 at the upper or peg side 28 thereof and a similar circular disc 30 is formed on the adjoining end of the outer section l4, the disc 30 extending from the longitudinal center line of the section 2Claiins. (01. 235-90.)

' a similar recess 66 is formedin the underside ,2 l u l4 and being disposed transversely to the section. A similar circular disc 32 is formed on the end of the outer section i6 and the discs are adapted to be disposed in superposed relation, as seen in Figure 4, with the disc 30 being interposed between the overlying disc 26 and the underlying disc 32. 'The discs are arranged so that they receive a common pivot pin 34-, which is transversely disposed through the centers of the discs, the discs being rotatable about the pivot 35 and the outer discs 26 and 32 being spaced from the inner disc by washers 36 and 38, which are circump-osed on the pivot element.

'The pivot element -34 preferably consists of a hollow rivet, which has its one end bent over the outer surface of the disc 32 and its opposing end 43 engaged on the outer surface of the disc 26, which is formed with a surface recess 42 to prevent the head 41] from protruding beyond the surface of the disc.

In this respect, resilient feet '44 are secured to 50, which is pivoted by means of a headed fastener 52 to the underside of the section it. The plate is of a suiiicient length to span the sections 12 and I4 and an upstanding finger grip 54 is formed on the free end thereof, the finger grip being of a height sufficient to enable the plate to be easily moved but yet to be disposed Well below the outer ends of the supporting feet.

Lateral slots 55 and 56 are formed in the side edge 58 of the plate and are adapted to receive locking pins 60 and 62, which are headed and are carried by the underside of the sections 12 and I4. 1

For retaining the pegs in the board, when the board is in a closed position, recesses 64 are formed in the underside of the section l2 and of the section I4, the recesses being of a suitable width and length to receive the pegs and being of a suflicient depth to retain a plurality of pegs. The recesses lie adjacent to the pivot 52 and are enclosed by the plate, when the plate is in a locked position, as seen in Figure 3.

If desired, the outer surface of the disc 26 may be suitably designed, such as with a star design 68 or may otherwise be ornamentally finished.

It can be seen that the sections, after the locking plate is released from the pins 60 and 62. can be radially extended about the pivot 34, so as to be in right angular relationship and be easily accessible to three or more players. When the sections are brought together about the pivot, the outer sections abut against the center Or intermediate sections and all of the sections lie in side by side paralleling relationship and can be locked together by the locking plate 50, which also retains the pegs within the storage recesses 64 and 66.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a folding cribbage board, a middle section, a first outer section, and a second outer section, said sections being substantially similar and arranged to occupy parallel side by side positions in contact with each other for storage, the middle section being formed at one end with a disk as large in diameter as the combined widths of the sections and the first and second outer sections being formed with like diameter disks, the center of the middle section disc being aligned with the longitudinal center of the middle section, and the discs of the outer sections being laterally offset from the longitudinal centers of the outer sections, said disks being in registered and superimposed relation, and a pivot traversing the centers of the disks and securing the sections together for pivoting relative to each other into angularly spaced playing positions, said sections having upper and lower sides, the upper sides being formed with peg holes, said disks being substantially thinner than the sections, the disk of the middle section being flush with the upper side of the upper section and spaced from the lower side thereof, the disk of said first outer section being flush with the lower side thereof and spaced from the upper side thereof, and the disk of said second outer section being spaced from its upper and lower sides and positioned between the disks of the middle and first outer sections, end portions of the first and second outer sections being concentrically concaved to accommodate the disk of the middle section.

2. In a folding cribbage board, a middle section and first and second outer sections, said sections being substantially similar in width and arranged to occupy parallel side by side positions in contact with each other in the folded condition of the board, said middle section and said first and second outer sections having on one end thereof discs of the same diameter, the discs being as large in diameter as the combined Widths of the sections, the discs being provided with central openings therethrough, said discs being in superimposed relation to each other with the said holes aligned, the discs of said middle section being aligned with the longitudinal center of the middle section, the discs of the first and second sections being laterally offset from the center lines of said first and second sections, and pivot means extending through the center openings of the discs and securing the discs in superimposed pivotal relation.

VICTOR G. LANDERS.

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